Ecole Actuelle Bilingue and Traffic

posted Sep 2, 2016, 10:58 AM by Marieme. ‎(RCPT)‎ MBAYE

Dear Parents,

With school starting at the Ecole Actuelle Bilingual, or EAB, it will be more difficult to get to campus from Almadies and Mamelles. This has been a problem for many years. Last year, ISD administration tried to address the issue in a couple of different ways, but we did not get much assistance with the problem. This year, we have approached the EAB administration with some new possible solutions as well as begun conversations with the appropriate Senegalese security and local officials.

I apologize for the confusion regarding what day EAB was going to start. After we sent our email, we received notice that the first day of school for elementary classes was postponed to Monday.

I am open to any new ideas or conversations with people who may have a good solution to the issue. Please contact me (email: alank@faculty.isd.sn or cell: 766-44-6028) with your thoughts.

Families who will encounter this traffic on their way to ISD will need to leave earlier in order to make it to campus by the start of school.

To help the situation, we will be opening campus to students starting at 7:30 AM on a trial basis. This may help you avoid the worst of the traffic. Elementary students will need to stay on the playground or field near the entrance to the campus. Our staff will supervise them. Middle and high school students are welcome to use the outdoor tables around the field.------------------------------------- Avec l'ouverture des classes de l'Ecole Actuelle Bilingue (EAB) , l’accès à notre école devient plus difficile si vous venez des Mamelles ou des Almadies. Nous vivons cette situation depuis des années déjà. L'année dernière, l'administration d’ISD a tenté d'aborder la question de différentes manières. Cette année, nous avons interpellé l'administration de l’EAB en leur proposant des solutions. En même temps, nous avons saisi les autorités sénégalaises compétentes en matière de sécurité.